Land Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Engineering and Environmental Issues

• Author(s): J. R. Gronow, Andrew Noel Schofield, Ravi Jain,
• Publisher: Ellis Horwood
• Pages: 311
• ISBN_10: 0470212225
  ISBN_13: 9780470212226
  
• Language: en

Description:... A workshop was conducted in the Fall of 1987 at the Univ. of Cambridge to: a) discuss major issues related to land disposal of hazardous toxic wastes and engineering and environmental issues related to such disposal; and b) to assess emerging technologies and research efforts focussing on hazardous toxic waste management. Keywords: Chemical industries; Landfills; United States; Groundwater pollution control; Hydraulic conductivity of soils; Monitoring fluid leakages; Fluid leakage detection; Risk analysis; Long range time; Environmental impact estimates; Computerized simulation; Acid wastes; Transport properties; Leachate migration; Waste containment; Flexible membrane liners; Radioactive waste management; Engineering geology; West Germany; Great Britain. (EDC).